Teufelsberg has always been one of my goals for an adventure run, and after reading that my friend Scott ran to the top of Colorado near Aspen, I decided it was time to run to the top of Berlin at Teufelsberg (115 meters above sea level). It's an artificial hill built from 1950-1972 with 75 million cubic meters of rubble from destroyed Berlin on top of a blown up Nazi military technical university, and throughout the Cold War used by the United States National Security Agency to spy on Eastern Europe, this now deserted and dilapidated place radiates with symbolism. After running back down through Grunewald, I met my kids at Landwitz pool for refreshing post-26K swim, very nice!

Berlin Runner

My name is Edward Tanguay, my marathon training consists of one long run a week, usually between 3 and 4 hours of running through or out of Berlin, often as an adventure run to go discover some landmark or investigate some part of town.